to fight a war because you're not committing troops, making war more likely. >> as tour'e pointed out, your book is a work of fiction, it features a pro nag in any event who is a specialist in drone weapons. how much does your book parallel with reality? >> i'm a fiction writer. and the joy of that profession, you get to make things up, when i started jumping into drone research, i was fascinated on the subject in general, i found out i really couldn't make up the systems i was discovering, that drones come in every shape and size under the water, on the water, on the air, on the land. so i conceded my book is every single drone system in my book is actually in development or deployed or prototype. because they are just amazing systems. >> part of that perspective seems to risk too much focus on the technology itself, right? i mean the book could be called bomb or rifle at a certain